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Cable Bay Vineyards back in court to face Auckland Council noise prosecution 10 May, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read A person filmed a young man urinating outside Cable Bay vineyard - the video was submitted as evidence at a liquor license hearing. Video / Supplied A person filmed a young man urinating outside Cable Bay vineyard - the video was submitted as evidence at a liquor license hearing. Video / Supplied Auckland Council is prosecuting one of the country's top vineyards, saying a rowdy function and live band breached noise limits and the company should be convicted and fined up to $600...

We've scoured the country, from Northland to Otago, for some of our best backyard secrets. Inside a massive shed, a short distance off the Twin Coast Discovery Highway, is the result of half-a- century’s obsession with the machines of yesteryear. That means much more than just cars, although naturally they feature prominently, as well as farm vehicles like a herd of bright red Farmall tractors, dating from the 1920s, a horse-drawn gig, motorbikes and a 1925 fire engine. Here, you will also find vintage pianolas, floor polishers, irons, telephones, typewriters, gramophones, saucepans and s...

BRADEN FASTIER / STUFF World War I letters from Platoon Sergeant Godfrey John Hammond during his time in the Middle East as a member of the Canterbury Infantry battalion. They talk about home, family, gratitude for mail or a pair of socks, the weather. Letters from Nelson soldiers at the front lines of conflicts from Gallipoli to Vietnam often don’t or can’t talk too much about the daily horrors of war, although some write, almost casually, of stepping “in front of a bullet”. The letters and diaries, kept in chocolate boxes or rusty tins for decades by family members, reveal the sto...

John Anthony and Siobhan Downes07:53, Apr 30 2021 A third more travellers are coming into New Zealand than going under the trans-Tasman bubble, but some in the travel sector say they are yet to see a boost in business from the relaxed border rules. Daily movements across the border data tracked by Stats NZ shows that in the first nine days of the bubble, which launched on April 19, New Zealand welcomed 30,936 arrivals, with 20,796 departures over the same period. While a small number of people travelling to and from other countries are also included in these figures, the majority were thos...

Whānau 'heartbroken' over death at Northland's Cable Bay ruled preventable by coroner 11 Apr, 2021 05:30 PM 5 minutes to read Kaeo-born Wairongoa Renata was 54 when he drowned at Cable Bay. Photo / supplied Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat The partner of a soldier who died at a Far North beach trying to rescue children swept out to sea is heartbroken to learn the tragedy could have been prevented. Wairongoa Renata, 54, better known as Magoo or Tickety-Boo, drowned at Cable Bay in January 2018 after swi...